Combined match holder and ash receiver



I May'8, 192&

R. ARCHER, SR

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Patented May 8, 1928.

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Application filed September The object of this inventionis to provide.in'iprevements in combined match-holders and ash-receivers of suchportablenature as are readily adapted for use as paper weights as well.y p i 6 Another object is to provide an ash-receiver, comprisingupwardly extending walls,

normally mounted upon a removable base, and a cover hingedly mountedupon one of said walls and comprising a match-boxholdcr, normallyforming a closure for the space within said walls. and when releasedauto expose matically swinging backward so as to the interior of saidholder.

A further object is to provide such an ash-receiver with integral lugsupon one of its walls, a helical spring extendingbetween said lugs andhingedly supporting a Inatchbox holder, a wire member supported by saidspring and engagin the inner side of-the snp 'iorting wall, anda'resiliently positioned latch normally securing said boX-holderinclosed position, endupon bein released permitting said spring throughsaid wire mom her to automatically oscillate said'holder and box intoopen position to expose the interior of said walls.

Still another object is to provide in such a device a receptaclecomprising side walls provided with a laterally extendinglug adjacent totheir lowermost edge portions, and a base member normally forming avclosure tor the lower portion of saidreceptacle and having an elasticspring member extending between fixed supporting means, the centralportion of said spring memberbeing adapted to be shifted laterally forthe passage of said lug, after which said member returns to its normalposition and operatesto yieldingly secure said lung, andtherebyremovably secure said base in operative relation with said walls.v

And a still further objectisto provide in such a device a latch forretaining the matchbox holder in closed position, said latch comprisinga pin or screw extending through a portion of one of the side walls.oftthere ceptacle and upon itsprotruding free end supporting one endportion of a coil spring, in the other end of said spring there beingmounted a pin having a head adapted to engage the match-box holder toretain the same in closed position when desired, and the end portion ofsaid spring extending freely and forming a lug for mannalioperationofstlid latch deflecting said spring until said pin .and support the 0;posite end 1 1925. SerialNo. 55,783.

head is removed from said box-holder, and

1 v scription, when read in con3unct1on wlth the accompanying drawings,in which Fig. 1

is a front elevation of one embodiment of the invention: Fig. 2 1s aside elevation of the same, with the lid or closure in open posi tion;Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bottom wall or closure; Fig. 4 is afragmentary bottom plan view 0:! the upper portion of the receptacle;Fig. 5 a vertical longitudinal section of the device; Fig. 6 is aperspec t-iveview of the automatic wire closure-opening membe and Fig. 7is a fragmentary sectional view of thelatch mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, a receptacle is formed within end walls 1 andfront and rear walls? and 3, said walls being united at their lateraledge portions and upwardly merging into a peripherally extending planeflange t. The upper portion of the rear wall 3 is also provided withspaced lugs 5, carrying integral aligned cars 6, which extend intoportions of a helical spring member 7.

The respective ears ofsaid spring member proper extend" laterally beyondsaid lugs and arecurved so as to provide inwardly opening loops 8.adapted to receive the lower portion of a frame comprising parallelwalls 9, connected at one side by a wall 10 and uniting to receive andsupport any suitabletype of Il'lflt-Cll-lJOX 11. V

Referring to Figs. 2, 5 and 6, there is illustrated a wire tramemembcr,comprising 0ppositely extending end portions 12, which are norn'iallypositioned within the helix of the spring 7 as shown in Fig. 5, and fromwhich extend laterally positioned arms 13, which, as shown in Figs. 2and 6, are looped downwardlyin parallel relation, and thence reverselyat 14: and connected to form a in extension normally engaging the innersurface of the rear wall 3 of the receptacle when the box-holder frame9-10 is in lowered position, and serving as a closure for the otherwiseopenupper end of the receptacle.

The front wall2 is recessed at 15, said recess being limited downwardlyby an in; wardly extending ofi'set portion. 16-, through which extendsupwardly a screw 17, having a threaded end portion 18, around which 1ssecured the lower end portion of a laterally flexible helical spring 19.This last-named spring supports in its upper free end a pin 20, having ahead 21, and thence extends freely to form a lug 22, which can bemanually actuated so as to flex the spring and laterally shift the head21, so as to release the adjacent edge portion of the box holding framefrom the position shown in Fig. 1, and permit the spring 7 through thewire member 1214 to oscillate the closure into the position shown inFig. 2.

Either in closed position as shown in Fig. 1, or open as shown in Fig.2, the combined box-holder and receptacle closure permits matches to bereadily extracted from the box in the usual manner, but onlywhen theclosure is open can matches, tobacco ashes, and the like, be dropped.into the receptacle.

At their lower ends, two of the opposite walls of the receptacle areprovided with integrally extending aligned lugs 23. Correspondingportions of the upper surface of a bottom wall are provided with spacedlugs 25, between which are secured laterally yielding, helical springmembers 26, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The bottom wall or closure is provided with a peripheral shoulder orflange 27, which operates to fix the walls 1 and 2 of the receptacleagainst lateral movement with respect thereto, and to prevent theirseparation other than by a directly upward movement of the side and endwalls with respect to said bottom closure. \Vith the lug and springconstruction as described, the act of forcing the upper portion of thereceptacle upon the bottom serves to deflect the springs 26 from theirnormal position within the downward path. of the lugs 23.

However, after the passage of said lugs into the position shown in Fig.the springs 26 return to the normal positions and thereby yieldinglyretain the inner end portions of said lugs beneath them, and prevent theaccidental removal or separation of the said upper and bottom portionsof the receptacle, but which removal, however, may be readily:u'con'iplishcd by manually pulling them apart. In this case, thesprings 26 are again flexed inwardly at their central por tions towardseach other until the lugs 23 are permitted to pass by them, and thebottom closure is thereby released from the side walls of thereceptacle, and the burnt matches and tobacco ashes may be emptiedtherefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A receptacle, comprisingside walls, a base, a pair of oppositely extending lugs carried by saidwalls, and a pair of laterally yielding members secured at theirrespective opposite ends to said base and permitting the passage of saidlugs by flexing, and normally gripping said lugs to yieldingly securesaid base to said walls.

2. A receptacle, comprising side Walls provided with oppositely directedlugs, a helical spring extending between said lugs and supporting aframe adapted to sup port a match-box and normally forming a closure forthe interior of said receptacle,

and a frame member supported by said tain said frame in closed position,said spring also being extended to form a lug for manually flexing saidspring and releasing said latch. 1

4. A receptacle, comprising a side wall having a lug, a separable basehaving a pair of lugs, and a spring extending between said base lugs andadapted to flex laterally to permit the passage of said wall lug, andthereafter operative to cooperate with said wall lug to secure said wallto said base.

5. A receptacle, comprising side walls, laterally extending oppositelypositioned lugs carried. by a plurality of said walls, a separable basehaving pairs of lugs, and springs extending between the lugs of therespective pairs, and thecentral portion of each spring being adapted toflex laterally to permit the passage of a corrcs 'imulingwall lug, andsaid springs thereafter cooperating with said wall lugs to secure saidreceptacle wall to said base.

6. A receptacle. comprising side. walls sin rounding an end portionhaving an opening, a pair of oppositely directed lugs carried by saidend portion, a. helical spring extending between said, lugs, a memberadapted to form a pivotally mounted closure for the opening in said endportion of said receptacle and supported by the terminal portions ofsaid spring, and a member also supported by said spring between itspoints of contact with said lugs and normally engaging one of thc wallsof the receptacle, whereby said spring, normally extending torsionally,upon being released automatically raises said closure throughcooperation of said last-named member with the receptacle wall to exposethe interior of said receptacle. H

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. 7

ROBERT ARCHER, SR.

